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Linda Black, The Yoga Coach, guides you through a 35 minute yoga practice to balance your 2nd chakra. Instead of wishing or demanding a relationship to be different than it is, allow yourself to be accepting of what is. Open to be adaptable to change and receptive to inspiration on how to make it happen. The 2nd Chakra has a feminine quality to it that is an expression of going out into the world with the gentle act of accepting and allowing.

The power of these quiet soothing postures when practiced regularly comes from allowing (and helping) our own internal healing processes to work – healing processes that can be overwhelmed by stress and dis-ease. Just as it takes a repetitious lifting of heavy weight to build muscle, so to it takes allowing oneself to deeply relax in order to let the repair and healing process take place. Practice all three postures for 10 min each OR enjoy simmering in one pose for 20-30 minutes.

Linda Black, the Yoga Coach, combines a number of best practices for digestion including twists, forward bends and Kapalabhati pranayama. A 30 minute gentle yoga routine to stimulate the digestive fire or agni.

Intention: “I nourish my body, mind, and spirit with food, thoughts and actions that are easily digested and contribute to my over all well-being.”

Suggested essential oils: Digestzen and Citrus Bliss by DoTerra

Best to practice first thing in the morning or waiting at least an hour after eating. This sequence can also be found on Yoga Journal’s sequence builder (once you login).

Linda Black, the Yoga Coach, guides you through yoga poses to ease into movement to release worry and fear. Beginner to intermediate level. 30 min. These poses will Loosen the hips and create great flexibility and mobility in the spine.

A simple Google search will tell you that a lot of literature has been written about whether or not women should do inversions in her yoga practice when she is menstruating. There is a widely-held concern that engaging in inversions while menstruating may cause retrograde flow and lead to endometriosis, though there is no concrete evidence that inversions during menstruation are the cause of this. Since the energy flows downward during a woman’s period, inversions can be seen as a disruption to this downward energy flow.

To be smart about your yoga practice and your body, here are a few things to consider about whether to do inversions when you have your period.

Inversions should be light when your flow is heavy. While you may not want to opt out of inversions altogether, don’t hold your inversions as long. In other words, this is not the time for a ten-minute headstand. Rather than engaging in assertive inversions, you may opt for a milder inversion pose such as down dog and receive similar benefits. Continue reading →

I’m here in St. George at the Huntsman Senior Games supporting my man in his quest to be the fastest biker over 50 competing against top cyclists in the state of Utah and from around the country. He’s pretty darn fast! How does he do it?

If you find yourself falling out of inversions more than you are falling IN LOVE with inversions, you’re definitely not alone! I’ve coached hundreds of students through headstands, handstands, and shoulder stands to where I understand some of the common pit “falls” of inversions and am here to help.

Before you get all “I’m just not cut out for upside down balancing” on me, I’ll let you in on a secret…Inversions are simpler than you think. That’s right. You could be reaping the benefits of inversions already and not even realize your good fortune. Let’s break it down…

There’s nothing as exciting and rewarding as seeing a project through to completion. In fact, I like to bask in the afterglow of hard work and simply reflect on the treasured outcome. Some of you may relate to this and LOVE the feeling of completing a project.

Before any of that can happen though, the project has to have a beginning. One necessary ingredient on the front end is commitment. To commit to something is to be fully engaged and actively participating. Continue reading →

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"When I hit the mat it's just me: body & mind - playfully dancing with the breath. I honor what is present, embracing shadow and light; loving what is and put trust in myself that life is unfolding just as it should and that the lessons I'm learning are bringing deeper connection and joy!"
-- Linda Black, The Yoga Coach

“Yoga is a technology for arriving in this present moment. It is a means of waking up from our spiritual amnesia, so that we can remember all that we already know. It is a way of remembering our true nature, which is essentially joyful and peaceful.”
-- Donna Farhi, Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit